"McCain has been in many ways quietly unsupportive of conservation, even in his own state," said Patterson. "He's failed to try to do anything to protect the Grand Canyon from renewed uranium mining despite requests from members of Arizona's House delegation. If he won't step up to protect the Grand Canyon in his own state, how can we expect anything on the environment but the same type of policies we've seen for the last eight years from Bush and (Vice President Dick) Cheney?"